Table 5 Outcome after IVUS-Guided dural venous sinus stenting.

From: Real time intravascular ultrasound evaluation and stent selection for cerebral venous sinus stenosis associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Follow up items

6 months to 1 year after treatment

Radiologtic follow-up, n(%)

47 (77.0)

 DSA

42 (68.9)

 CTV/MRV

5 (8.2)

 In-stent restenosis

2 (4.3)

 Dural arteriovenous fistula

1 (2.1)

Clinical follow-up

 Headache (n = 36)

 

  Unchanged or worsened

3 (8.3)

   Improved

4 (11.1)

   Disappeared

29 (80.6)

  Tinnitus (n = 12)

  Unchanged or worsened

2 (16.7)

   Improved

1 (8.3)

   Disappeared

9 (75.0)

 Papilledema (n = 52)

  Unchanged or worsened

3 (5.8)

   Improved

11 (21.2)

   Normal

38 (73.0)

 Vision dysfunction (n = 50)

  Unchanged or worsened

7 (14.0)

   Improved

11 (22.0)

   Normal

32 (64.0)

  1. IVUS  intravascular ultrasound, DSA   digital subtraction angiography, CTV  CT venography, MRV  magnetic resonance venography.
  2. Data are expressed as No. (%).
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